Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy facing prosecution in India


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Booker Prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy could be prosecuted for a 2010 speech about Kashmir after a top official signed off on the move, Indian media reported on Oct 10. Photo: AFP

Booker Prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy could be prosecuted for a 2010 speech about Kashmir after a top official signed off on the move, Indian media reported in New Delhi recently.

Roy, 61, is one of India's most famous living authors, but her writing and activism, including her trenchant criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, has made her a polarising figure at home.

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